Marc Dion: Vote for the buttery past

Marc Dion: Vote for the buttery past

I was lucky enough to be born at the intersection of three great pancake traditions. My mother made the American pancake from a box mix called Bisquick, which can also be used to make biscuits and dumplings. My mother made dumplings when she made beef stew. She did not make biscuits. She was not an airy, fluffy cook. She was a stodgy, starchy cook, with the darkness of the Great Depression always lingering in the cupboards of her well-stocked mi…